Fumigator.



No. 773,145. 7 PATENTED 00125, 1904.

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APPLICATION FILED D30. 26, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented October 25, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

BERTRAM K. HOLLISTER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO BAUER & BLACK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

FUMIGATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,145, dated October 25, 1904.

Application filed December 26,1903. Serial No. 186,627. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, BERTRAM K. HOLLISTER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Chi cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Furnigators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fumigators for disinfecting and deodorizing purposes, and it is capable of being embodied with a formaldehyde-generator or a sulfur candle.

The object of the invention is to provide a frame for holding and protecting the generator and adapted to be formed into a support for holding the generator above the floor or table upon which the fumigator rests while the generator is burning.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated the inventlon embodied with a formaldehyde-generator of rectangular form as indicating a simple and satisfactory adaptation of the invention.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the fumigator as made for shipment and sale to the ultimate purchasers. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the-fumigator. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the frame.

The generator 10 may be made of any suitable size and form and of any suitable character, as it will be understood that this invention is not confined in any way toa particular kind of generator, but simply embodies some generator in a generic sense. The generator is lnclosed within a skeleton frame 11, preferably made ofmetal and shaped to snugly hold the generator and protect it against breakage in shipment. receive the generator and wing members 13, connected to the base and adapted to inclose the sides of the generator, with their ends 14; bent inwardly on the top of the generator to hold the latter securely in the frame. These generators are of a more or less fragile character, and I prefer that the ends of the wings shall be turned up slightly, so as to form a spring-cushion for another fumigator packed thereon, and thus materially assist in preventing breakage when nested in shipping.

When it is desired to use the fumigator,

This frame comprises a base 12 to 'into a support for the generator very easily and quickly and in a most natural and obvious way, which is of importance, as it is necessary that articles of this kind should be capable of immediate use by all classes of people without experiments and without previous knowledge or information as to the manner of using them. This invention answers all of these requirements and provides a fumigator of very simple construction, in which the generator is so protected by the inclosing frame that the loss from ordinary breakage is at least very materially reduced.

The fumigator is of a neat and compact form,- convenient for shipping, for selling, and for using, and it can be made of any size or shape desired.

I have shown a formaldehyde-generator in which formaldehyde-tablets 15 are surrounded by walls 16, of charcoal; but I do not confine the invention to this or any other generator, as a sulfur candle or any other device of like character can besubstituted for the generator with corresponding results and without departing from the invention, and the term generator as herein used should be construed as covering and including the same.

A band 17 of some readily ignitible material may be arranged on the generator, if desired, to facilitate igniting the walls thereof.

I make no claim herein for the generator, because that invention forms the subject-matter of an application, Serial No. 187,642, filed January 4., 1904, by Aleck Bauer and myself.

Without limiting myself to the exact construction and arrangement of parts herein 4 shown and described, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a fumigator, a generator-holder consisting of a skeleton frame having a base adapted to receive the generator, and an independent wing fitting against each side of the generator and engaging the top thereof.

2. In a fumigator, a generator-holder consisting of a skeleton frame having a base adapted to receive the generator, and independent Wings connected to the base and fitting against the sides of the generator and bent over the top thereof.

3. In a fumigator, a generator-holder consisting of a skeleton frame having a base adapted to receive the generator, and Wings connected to the base and fitting against the sides of the generator With their ends bent over the top of the generator and inclined upwardly to form a spring-cushion above the generator.

4. In a fumigator, a generator-holder con-' sisting of a skeleton frame having a base adapted to receive the generator, and Wings connected to the base to hold the generator in B. K, HOLLISTER.

Witnesses:

IVM. O. BELT, RITA WINTER. 

